Gird your loins, cooking purists: I've got something to say! (read this like Jerri Blank would say in "Strangers With Candy"). I don’t like using black pepper and don’t often include it in my cooking.

“Salt is easily the most important thing chefs keep in the kitchen,” says Robert Hartman, chef de cuisine at Saint Theo’s restaurant in New York City. It helps bring out the natural flavors in food, ...

It turns out, according to experts, the best salt depends on what you're making. Simply Recipes/ Alison Bickel Salt is one of the most important ingredients in cooking. It’s been used to preserve ...